Saltwater Fish of the Day: Blackspot Angelfish

[revhtree]

Blackspot Angelfish, Japanese Swallowtail Angelfish / Genicanthus Melanospilos

Male

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Female

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SCIENTIFIC NAME - Genicanthus Melanospilos

COMMON NAME - Blackspot Angelfish, Japanese Swallowtail Angelfish

SIZE - 7.1" (18 cm)

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 100 US Gal. (379 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, finely shaved fresh or frozen shrimp, frozen Brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp and frozen preparations containing Spirulina algae. Feed at least 3 times a day.

REEF COMPATIBILITY - One of the best angelfishes for the reef aquarium.

CAPTIVE CARE - Will browse on filamentous algae and diatoms growing in the aquarium, needs plenty of swim space, constantly active, acclimates well, may chase small docile planktivores, males may fight with other Genicanthus spp.. multiple females can be kept in the larger systems, however, only one male per tank.

 

[revsgirl]

Beautiful fish!

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

Ive kept a female before long term in a 125g reef.

Never bothered anything.

After working with very large groups of these (from which I picked mine) the females (generally speaking) are more striking than the males.

You are always seeing these pictures of amazing males but those colors arent all there on most of them.